A South West View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe
Date1768
After work by
Lieutenant Sir Archibald Campbell
(1739 - 1791)
Engraver
Peter Benazech
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching on laid ppaer
DimensionsOverall: 23 × 17 5/8in. (58.4 × 44.8cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. W. Graham Arader III
Object number1984-54
DescriptionLower margin reads: "A South West View of Fort Royal in the Island of Quadaloupe./ Vue du Fort Royal dans l'Isle de la Guadaloupe, du Cote du Sud Est/ Drawn on the SPOT by Lieu.t Arch Campbell Engineer, Engraved by P. Benazech./ London Printed for John Bowles at N.o 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at N.o 53 Fleet Street; Tho.s Jeffreys the corner of S.t Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at N.o 8 in Cornhill."Label TextThis print is from a series of twenty-eight prints of American scenes published under the title Scenographica Americana in 1768. The images range widely in content and geographical location, depicting the military structures at Port Royal in Guadeloupe as well as the wilderness of Passiac Falls in New Jersey. Many of the prints commemorated sites where the English were victorious during the Seven Year’s War, and were the first, large, accurate, and elaborately engraved series of views of America.
ProvenancePrevious history not known.
